Carlo Orsi (

Pavia Pavia (, , , ; la, Ticinum; Medieval Latin: ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy in northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was the capit ...

–

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

, 1894) was an Italian painter and sculptor.

Biography

He was a resident of

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...

. In 1884 at the Exposition of Turin, he displayed: ''Ore calde''; in 1887 at Venice: a painting on

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; in 1886 at Florence: ''Avanzi di un' antica villa presso Lastra a Signa''; ''Vendemmiatrice''; ''Il porto di Rapallo''; ''Prime note''. Finally at the 1889 Exhibition of Florence: ''Imitazione arazzo''. In 1885 he painted: ''I polli del l'augure''. He also painted fresco murals at the church of the Consolata of

Vigevano Vigevano (; lmo, label=Western Lombard, Avgevan) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Pavia, Lombardy in northern Italy. A historic art town, it is also renowned for shoemaking and is one of the main centres of Lomellina, a rice-growing ...

and the

Palazzo Carignano Palazzo Carignano is a historical building in the centre of Turin, Italy, which houses the Museum of the Risorgimento. It was a private residence of the Princes of Carignano, after whom it is named. Its rounded façade is different from other f ...

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. The

Royal Academy of London The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its pur ...

has a portrait of

John Addington Symonds John Addington Symonds, Jr. (; 5 October 1840 – 19 April 1893) was an English poet and literary critic. A cultural historian, he was known for his work on the Renaissance, as well as numerous biographies of writers and artists. Although m ...

, by Carlo Orsi.Istituto Matteucci biography.

References

1894 deaths Artists from Pavia 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Tuscany Year of birth missing Fresco painters 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-stub